Summits and Secrets
Author(s):
Diemberger, Kurt
Copyright: 1971, Allen & Unwin, London
Specifications: 2nd prtg, 8vo, pp.344, 78 bw photos, 8 maps, blue cloth
Condition: signed, dj w/ light wear top/bottom spine, unclipped, fine, cloth w/ erasure mark to title page, tight, fine
The autobiography of one of the world's foremost mountaineers, including his first ascents of Broad Peak, with Buhl, and Dhaulagiri. Diemberger is only one of two people to make first ascents of two 8000-metre peaks. The second printing is nearly identical to the first but has a price of BP6.95, vs. BP5.50, and a bluer top edge.
See Neate D26, Yak D119.